Legislation, explained.
Tracking 19,317 federal and state bills with AI-powered plain English summaries.
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View all21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is a federal bill focused on addressing housing challenges, likely by finding new ways to make more homes available to Americans.
ARTIST Act
Note: Limited Information Available The ARTIST Act has passed the Senate unanimously and is now awaiting action in the House of Representatives.
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
This bill deals with resolving long-standing land rights for the Cape Fox Corporation, a Native Alaskan village corporation based in Saxman, Alaska, near Ketchikan.
Latest Activity
Browse allAmends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provides that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees.
This bill proposed changes to how the Urban Collaborative — a cooperative program that serves students from multiple urban school districts in Rhode Island — is organized and governed.
Requires commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishments when new construction or renovations are being done and permits insurers to consider the installation to provide a discount on the owner's insurance policy.
This bill would require owners of commercial retail properties in Rhode Island to install vehicle safety barriers — such as bollards, planters, or other protective structures — in front of their stores and shops whenever they are doing new construction or major renovations.
Provides that licensed independent clinical social workers be able to enroll and bill Medicaid directly for covered services provided to adults with Medicaid fee-for-service coverage.
This bill would allow licensed independent clinical social workers (LICSWs) in Rhode Island to enroll directly as Medicaid providers and bill the state's Medicaid program on their own for services they provide to adult patients.
Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.
This bill would ensure that when a contract between firefighters and their employer (typically a city or town) expires, all the terms and conditions of that contract remain in effect until a new agreement is reached.
Creates a commission to establish homeless shelter standards through regulations.
This bill would create a new commission in Rhode Island tasked with developing and establishing standards for homeless shelters across the state.
Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require.
This bill would require every school district in Rhode Island to assist and cooperate with the Family Court when the court is handling cases involving children who are considered delinquent or dependent.